TWU Local 100 President Utano Blasts Nixon's "Lies In The Subway" show.
NEW YORK, JULY 20 -- Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Tony Utano released the following statement regarding Cynthia Nixon's subway remarks:
"TWU Transit workers are sick and tired of Cynthia Nixon's new show, "Lies in the Subway."
"The subway is safe for riders. Our men and women are in the tunnels and on the tracks working night and day. There's an unprecedented amount of maintenance and repair work taking place, thanks in large part to the additional funding Gov. Cuomo has secured. Nixon popped up and made another appearance in the subway on Thursday and claimed 'Gov. Cuomo's continuing refusal to fund and fix the NYC subway is putting New Yorkers in danger.' Someone needs to fact-check her scripts.
"No governor has taken on the challenges and problems of the 114-year-old system like Gov. Cuomo. He increased state funding for the capital plan by billions and billions of dollars. He immediately pledged more than $400 million for the first part of the MTA's Subway Action Plan. He has repeatedly stepped up to the plate on behalf of the subway system, and its riders and workers, while Nixon's buddy, Mayor Bill de Blasio, has had to be dragged kicking and screaming off the bench."